Natives are a great choice for a spring wedding because there are so many gorgeous colours and textures available to use. I was excited to be able to provide flowers for a lovely bride for her November wedding. Her idea was for a "rustic vintage" look.
A beautiful vintage lace dress with red lipstick and green shoes was the starting point for these bouquets - not too big, and in a simple hand-tied style.
That gave me the perfect opportunity to use some lovely vintage lace that I've been keeping in my stash.
All the bouquets and boutonnieres were bound with the lace. Its so nice when you find the perfect use for that special something you've been keeping!
For the brides bouquet, I used a white waratah surrounded by some Satin Mink Proteas. You can also see some Safari Sunset leucadendrons providing the darker tones. Some pink kangaroo paw called Bush Pearl also adds to the pinky red tones. The creamy leucadendrons are Lemon Spice, a female Discolour leucadendron that is green most of the year but in late spring changes to a this gorgeous cream with pink tips.
For the greens, there are eucalyptus buds, peppermint gum, and some thryptomene foliage. The silver balls are a Leucadendron called Purple Haze. The foliage has a purple tinge, but these cones produced after flowering are a pretty silvery addition to a bouquet.
Wax flower was also sprinkled throughout the design, seen here in the boutonnieres. I was also able to use Berzelia. It is a spring flowering plant that is often used at its green stage, but in late spring the little green balls "flower" and become a gorgeous fluffy white. They are just perfect for weddings.
So the "rustic vintage" look came together with a pink, green and cream colour scheme.
